England’s Oxford and Cambridge universities face criticism for diversity scholarships that largely exclude white working-class students, raising concerns about a two-tier academic system.
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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: England‘s most prestigious universities, Oxford and Cambridge, have been found to offer over a dozen scholarships and bursaries that target students from black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, while largely excluding white working-class students. Examples cited by researchers include Cambridge’s Stormzy Scholarship and several Oxford funding programs reserved for specific ethnic groups, while white working-class women appear to be eligible for only two Oxbridge diversity schemes and white working-class men for one. 📰 DETAIL: The findings follow the publication of the Inquiry into White Working Class Educational Outcomes, which concluded that white working-class children are among the most disadvantaged in England’s education system. Suella Braverman, of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, called for race-based scholarship schemes to be replaced with support based on socioeconomic disadvantage rather than ethnicity. Oxford provides a non-repayable annual bursary of up to about $8,300 for British students from lower-income households, while Cambridge’s Stormzy Scholarship provides about $27,000 per year. 💬 KEY QUOTE: “If Oxford and Cambridge want to live up to their proud history of meritocracy, they should end these racially discriminatory programs immediately and judge people on their talents, not their skin color.” – Suella Braverman, Reform UK Shadow Education Secretary 🎯 IMPACT: The exclusion of white working-class students from these diversity schemes has sparked accusations of a “two-tier academic society” and calls for the universities to end racially discriminatory programs. 👀 FLASHBACK: Last week, Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage warned that “White kids are being lectured… they’re made to feel frankly like lesser beings” in schools and universities, due to the divisive diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) ideology promoted by the British state and academic establishment. |
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